Kojaque has returned with a politically charged new single, ‘That’s Gonna Be Me’, and announced his biggest headline tour to date.
Out now via his own Soft Boy Records, the song turns its attention to the rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment and political division in Ireland and beyond, and is a defiant call to action against the normalisation of hate. It’s his first new music since this summer’s standalone single ‘Antihistamine’.
“There’s been a strategic amplification of ignorant and divisive voices, and I want to drown them out. I want to be just as loud as they are,” he says.
The self-directed video was made entirely with in-camera techniques. Kojaque created and animated 127 individually printed frames featuring his own face on fake banknotes for the stop-motion effects.
Kojaque tour dates
The 17-date tour of the UK, Ireland and Europe takes place in March 2027, and includes a show at London’s KOKO on St Patrick’s Day.
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- Sunday March 7th – Zurich, Exil Club
- Monday March 8th – Paris, Le Badaboum
- Tuesday March 9th – Brussels, AB Club
- Thursday March 11th – Amsterdam, Paradiso
- Friday March 12th – Berlin, Modus
- Saturday March 13th – Cologne, Helios 37
- Monday March 15th – Brighton, Patterns
- Tuesday March 16th – Bristol, Thekla
- Wednesday March 17th – London, KOKO
- Thursday March 18th – Nottingham, The Bodega Social Club
- Saturday March 20th – Manchester, Locker
- Sunday March 21st – Glasgow, The Art School
- Wednesday March 24th – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
- Saturday March 27th – Belfast, Limelight
- Sunday March 28th – Derry, The Nerve Centre
- Tuesday March 30th – Cork, Cyprus Avenue
- Wednesday March 31st – Limerick, Dolan’s Warehouse
Tickets for the Dublin show are €31 / €33 including fees. The MCD presale opens on Monday November 16th at 10am from your MyMCD account, and general sale starts on Wednesday November 18th at 10am from Ticketmaster.ie.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. Niall is the chost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and host of monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
